nightstreamer opened the un building.lf the united nations appeared immediately after world war ii. and the first meetings took place in london. but many countries did not like this and decided to locate the un headquarters in the usa. many historians believe that the decisive factor was the opinion of stalin, who believed that this would tie the united states of america, which was prone to isolationism in those years, more tightly to the organization. john rockefeller, jr. gave the money to purchase the site for the construction of the building. the building was designed by a group of architects from around the world under the leadership of the french architectural pioneer functionalism of charles licorbu. at the time of its completion, the un headquarters, with its tall glass panels for the offices and low round dome for the general assembly hall , was considered an example of modern architectural design in manhattan. on january 9, 1900, fifty-eight, the council of ministers of the ussr adopted a resolution on the creat